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Published July 16th, 2025, 09:28 pm

Do you have a need for speed? If so, you've probably taken a spin in a good old-fashioned stick shift. Well today is National Stick shift Day.

But right now there are even fewer cars on the market that have a manual transmission -- only 25 models this year versus 32 last year.

What's killing the manuals? Utah State University's Brian Champagne explained and offered some ideas on how they might live on. 

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Fewer manual transmissions available for purchase in 2025

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